Archer attacking lion-griffin
between 700 B.C. and 500 B.C.
dull carnelian
18 x 8 mm
Morgan Seal 720
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Some late drilled-style cylinders have contest scenes (719-723). Seals 719 and 720 present a cursory rendering of the archer pursuing a lion-griffin, as in 689, which belongs to the linear syste, and 690, which is of early drilled style."--Porada, CANES, p. 86
Summary:
Archer attacking lion-griffin, rhomb between them -- Beside lion-griffin, star and fish.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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